Northern Iowa Beats Drake 56-14 on Five Turnovers and a Tight End Hat Trick
A tight end caught three touchdowns and it was not even close to the story of the game. Brady McCullough scored from 14, 17 and 13 yards out, all from Jaxon Dailey, and Northern Iowa buried Drake 56-14.
It was 14-0 before Drake touched the ball for a score. Ben Gordon ran in from 12 yards with 12:15 left in the first quarter, McCullough made it 14-0, and Mitchell January caught a 43-yard touchdown from Riley Warzynski with 3:55 left to make it 14-7. McCullough scored again with 0:28 left in the quarter. Lincoln DeLaere caught a 6-yarder at 11:04 of the second to make it 21-14, and that was the closest Drake got and also its last score. McCullough's third came with 0:41 left in the half, and it was 28-14.
The second half belonged to the turnovers. Christian Collins ran in from 7 yards early in the third, and then Calvin Jaworski returned an interception 80 yards for a score with 8:50 left to make it 42-14. Michael Bormann added a 2-yard run and Caleb Kamara a 28-yarder with 6:42 left in the fourth.
Drake threw three interceptions and lost two fumbles, five turnovers, and Northern Iowa had none. Take the pick-six away and it is still 49-14. Drake threw for 296 yards (Warzynski was 27 of 47) but ran for just 29 on 27 carries. Northern Iowa had 445 yards and five sacks.
Northern Iowa is 1-1 and Drake 0-2. For fantasy, Dailey had 27.1 points, McCullough 25.4, and Warzynski 19.9, which is a decent day for a quarterback who threw three picks.